There are 10 ways to get from Zurich to La Rioja by plane, bus, train (TGV, Renfe, Ouigo), car, train, or train (TGV, Renfe)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Zurich Airport to Bilbao Airport, bus
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane ZRH - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Harobus
7h 12m€91–238Train via Barcelona
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Zaragoza-Deliciastrain Ave
- Take the train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Logronotrain Re / ...
16h 18m€255–524Bus
- Take the bus from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai to Geneva Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stop to San Sebastián - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Donostia / San Sebastián to Vitoria-Gasteizbus
- Take the bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz - Geltokia/Estación to Logroño - Portalesbus L9
23h€117–205Drive 1,276 km
- Drive from Zurich to Logroñocar 1,276 km
13h 42m€223–322Train to Basel, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane BSL - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Harobus
8h 37m€112–347Fly Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane ZRH - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Alfarotrain
8h 51m€132–298Fly Zurich Airport to Logroño-Agoncillo Airport
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Logroño-Agoncillo Airport (RJL)plane ZRH - RJL
9h 11m€126–566Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane MXP - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Harobus
11h 14m€106–348Train
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Lausannetrain Ic5 / ...
- Take the train from Lausanne to Annemassetrain
- Take the train from Annemasse to Avignon Tgvtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Zaragoza-Deliciastrain
- Take the train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Logronotrain Re / ...
18h 11m€305–641Train, bus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Lausannetrain Ic5 / ...
- Take the train from Lausanne to Annemassetrain
- Take the bus from Annemasse to San Sebastian / Donostiabus
- Take the bus from Donostia-San Sebastián Estación de Autobuses to Logroño Estación de Autobusesbus
24h 1m€207–502
Zurich to La Rioja by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to La Rioja is to fly and bus which costs €90 - €240 and takes 7h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to La Rioja is to fly and bus which takes 7h 12m and costs €90 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich station to La Rioja. However, there are services departing from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai and arriving at Logroño - Portales via Geneva - Bus Station, Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stop, Donostia / San Sebastián and Vitoria-Gasteiz - Geltokia/Estación. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h.
No, there is no direct train from Zurich to La Rioja. However, there are services departing from Zürich HB and arriving at Logrono via Mulhouse Ville, Lyon Part Dieu, Barcelona-Sants and Zaragoza-Delicias. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 18m.
The distance between Zurich and La Rioja is 1126 km. The road distance is 1276 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to La Rioja without a car is to train via Barcelona which takes 16h 18m and costs €250 - €550.
It takes approximately 7h 12m to get from Zurich to La Rioja, including transfers.
Zurich to La Rioja bus services, operated by RegioJet, depart from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai.
Zurich to La Rioja train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Zürich HB station.
The best way to get from Zurich to La Rioja is to train via Barcelona which takes 16h 18m and costs €250 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €110 - €210 and takes 23h, you could also fly, which costs €120 - €600 and takes 9h 11m.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and La Rioja, Spain?
You can take a train from Zürich HB to Logrono via Mulhouse, Mulhouse Ville, Lyon Part Dieu, Barcelona-Sants, and Zaragoza-Delicias in around 16h 18m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai to Logroño - Portales via Geneva - Bus Station, Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stop, Donostia / San Sebastián, and Vitoria-Gasteiz - Geltokia/Estación in around 23h.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Basel to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Logroño-Agoncillo Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €28–120
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–120
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Basel to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Logroño-Agoncillo Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–120
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Basel to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Basel to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €21–80
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bilbao Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €80–250
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lausanne to Annemasse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €80–250
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lausanne to Annemasse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Annemasse to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Logrono
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Alfaro
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Avignon Tgv to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Logrono
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +34 945 18 20 60
- alavabus@araba.eus
- Website
- alavabus.eus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Haro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Schedules at
- alavabus.eus
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz - Geltokia/Estación to Logroño - Portales
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Schedules at
- alavabus.eus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Haro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Schedules at
- alavabus.eus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Haro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Schedules at
- alavabus.eus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai to Geneva Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stop to San Sebastián - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stop to San Sebastián - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Annemasse to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stop to San Sebastián - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
Bus from Donostia / San Sebastián to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com
- Book at
- online.pesa.net
Bus from Donostia-San Sebastián Estación de Autobuses to Logroño Estación de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Schedules at
- jimenezmovilidad.es
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More Questions & Answers
Zurich to La Rioja bus services, operated by RegioJet, arrive at Geneva Bus Station.
Zurich to La Rioja train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Mulhouse station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to La Rioja is 1276 km. It takes approximately 13h 42m to drive from Zurich to La Rioja.
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